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Broken Hill & the Far West · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1912

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Government and Chirp Railway Commissioner. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 3

Mr. Beeby (Minister fer Lauds) explains that no strained relations exist lietwcon the Government and the Chief Railway Commissioner, The Minister…

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Railway Workers' Association Conference. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 3

The conference of the Railway Workers' Association has adopted a recommendation for a huge federation of laborers' union in Australia, with…

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Australian Tramway Employees Association. Application for Cancellation of Registration. Under the Federal Arbitration Act. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 3

An application lias been lodged for the cancellation of the Australian Tramway Employees' Association's registration under the [?] aderal…

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Prevented Railway Strike. London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 4

Mr. James Thomas, M.P., speaking at Cardiff to-day, said that he fully accepted the responsibility of preventing a railway strike at Christmas. He…

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Railway Management. the Government Criticised. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 3

Mr. Beeby yesterday defended the propriety of the Government's action in suggesting to the Railway Commissioner that certain alterations should…

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Broken Hill to Sydney. Railway Extension. Linking Up the State. Local League's Preparations. for Visit of Standing Committee

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 3

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works for New South Wales will take evidence at Broken Hill from February 1 to 3 next in…

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Industrial Trouble in West Australia. Conflict with Railway Commissioners. Encineers, Ironmoulders, and Boilermakers Cease Work. No Immediate Dislocation of Railway Service Feared. Perth

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 3

As the outcome of the refusal of the West Australian Commissioner of Railways to grant on increase of 2s. a day to members of the Amalgamated…

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Railway Strike in Argentina. Buenos Ayres

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 4

The masters have accepted and the railwaymen rejected the Minister for the Interior's intervention in the Argentine railway dispute, and a…

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Minimum Wage. in Railway Department. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 11 January 1912 · page 2

Mr. R. Croft, an advocate for a number of unions, is of opinion that the minimum wage, in the Railway Department should be equal to the…

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The State Railways. Working Conditions. Reduction of Freights. Mr. Beeby's Remarks. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 11 January 1912 · page 1

Mr. Beeby (Acting Promier) states that within a few days the Chief. Railways Commissioner will submit a return, showing the cost involved in…

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Railway Collision in America, St. Joseph (Missouri)

Barrier Miner · Thursday 11 January 1912 · page 4

The Rock Island passenger train was wrecked at Peatt River (Missouri), to-day, in a collision with a freight train. The death roll is unknown…

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Railway Trouble in West Australia. Parliamentary Labor Party to Discuss the Situation. Perth

Barrier Miner · Thursday 11 January 1912 · page 2

The bulk of the 1000 railway workshop employees, comprising engineers, moulders, turners, and blacksmiths, who ceased work at the Perth…

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Minister for Defence. Compulsory Training Scheme. Port Augusta to Kalgoorlie Railway. Senator Pearce Interviewed

Barrier Miner · Thursday 11 January 1912 · page 4

A "Miner" reporter inet Senator Pearce, Minister for Defence, at his hotel this morning, and was, in response to his request, immediately…

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Generai Cable News. [Reuter's Messages.] the Quebec Railway-disaster. Montreal

Barrier Miner · Thursday 11 January 1912 · page 4

The death roll in the Quobee railway disastor has been reduced. Five bodies only were discovered…

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Tremendous Gales. Sweeping Eastern Coast of Canada. Train Blown Off Track. a Breakwater Wrecked. [Reuter's Message.] Montreal

Barrier Miner · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 8

Tremendous gales are sweeping the coast of Eastern Canada. An express train was blown off the track in Newfoundland to-day. Snow…

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The Railway Revenue. a Record Week. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 4

Last week's railway revenue which amounted to £155,314, is the biggest that has been obtained since the inauguration of railways in the State, and…

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Federal Ministers. Vised to the Hospital. Broken Hill to Condobolin Railway

Barrier Miner · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 8

Senator Pearce (Minister for Defence) and Mr. Josiah Thomas, M.H.R. (Minister for External Affairs), spent a comparatively quiet afternoon…

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Strike at Perth Locomotive Workshops. Decision of Railway Employees. Executive to Make Agreements. Perth

Barrier Miner · Saturday 13 January 1912 · page 1

The strike at the railway loco, workshops, involving engineers, boilermakers and ironmoulders, has not been settled. The amalgamated society of…

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Motor-cars Collide. a Well-known Racing Man Killed. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 13 January 1912 · page 4

At 11.30 o'clock on Thursday evening two motor-cars came into collision at the corner of Darlington-road and Golden Grove-street…

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Revolution in China. Republicans Enter Hunan. Pekin to Hankow Railway Menaced. Russian Claims in Mongolia. [Reuter's Message.] Pekin

Barrier Miner · Saturday 13 January 1912 · page 4

The Shansi Republicans yesterday entered Hunan. The Imperialists, realising that the Pekin to Hankow railway is menaced…

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